Illuminated Objects
In her workshop in Wolfratshausen, Anna Hössle designs filigree wall, ceiling and small floor lamps made of Japanese Nishino paper, which are sold in “Artisan 37”.
(Photo: Anna Hössle)
Passers-by stop in front of this shop window on Pariser Strasse in Haidhausen. Small and large pieces of jewelery are exhibited there: ceramics, chess pieces made of fine wood, colorful necklaces and earrings, unusual belts and bags, dresses and coats – all handmade by artists with their own workshops, who exhibit and sell their special goods here. A very special eye-catcher are the illuminated lamps and objects made of paper Anna Hössle inside Artisan 37, the arts and crafts store. Hössle is actually a bookbinder, but then she concentrated on the combination of light and Japanese Nishino paper. She gets her inspiration from nature: lichens, mosses, bushes, foam on the water. Unknown creatures from forests or deep-sea forests often appear in their mobiles. The lamps, on the other hand, are more clearly structured and are only loosened up a little by folds, subtle colored accents and the shades of different shades of white. This is how round, oval, cone-shaped or angular wall and ceiling lamps are created that are reminiscent of the sun, moon, UFOs or butterflies and seem to float everywhere on the ceiling or walls – simple beauties that are available from 200 euros and refine every room .
Michaela Miller also exhibits her funny light objects there, which hang on the wall as wedding dresses or shirts or stand on the shelves as sneakers.
(Photo: Ariane Witzig)
Also Michael Miller makes illuminated objects that can be seen in the left part of the shop – albeit in a completely different form. They hang on the wall as life-size, luminous wedding dresses or men’s shirts, stand on the shelf as luminous pairs of sneakers or women’s shoes. Miller is a sculptor and creates her unusual pieces in her workshop in Puchheim. She uses the sewing machine to apply structure to the cut glassine paper. Then wallpaper paste is spread on and the paper is torn, crumpled, pulled and crumpled until a piece of clothing is created, into which only the lightbulb is finally fitted. These lamps, which Miller repeatedly presents in exhibitions, appear light, playful and fragile. ari
Artisan 37, handicrafts from our own workshops, Pariser Straße 37, Monday to Friday, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., phone 089/31982308, artisan37.de
Playful origami art
There is hardly anything that cannot be folded out of paper: Christmas decorations, for example. Yukiko Murakami-Wagner sells them in her Munich shop and also shows how to do it in her courses.
(Photo: Yukiko Murakami-Wagner)
The most important thing about origami, says Yukiko Murakami-Wagner, is that the paper is exactly square. “But the most important thing is to do it with joy!” You, the Japanese woman who has been living in Munich for more than 20 years, noticed the different entries in Wikipedia: The German edition states that origami is the art of folding paper. “But the Japanese wiki says Origami is a traditional Japanese game!! Yes, exactly a game!” Yukiko Murakami-Wagner, whom the participants in her origami courses call Yuki for short, runs an online shop called Kawaii and a shop at Georgenstrasse 81 together with three other brands. Handicraft traditions from her homeland, such as origami, are very important to her. She would like to convey them in her workshops, which also take place in the studio shop on Georgenstraße. On December 15, for example, she will be showing in a course how to make earrings and necklaces from high-quality Chiyogami paper. If you missed her Christmas decoration workshop this time, poinsettias and Christmas trees made of origami paper and beautifully pleated fairy lights are available in the shop or in the web shop. And if you just want to try folding at home, Yuki reminds you of the Japanese wiki entry: “It doesn’t have to be difficult. A game has to be fun!” czg
Kawaii Munich, Georgenstrasse 81, www.kawaii-muenchen.de
Delicate cuts
Rare Japanese paper, original wrapping paper, cardboard boxes: all of this is available in the Carta Pura paper shop in Munich’s Maxvorstadt.
(Photo: Catherine Hess)
Paper in its purest form – that is the focus of Carta Pura. The shop in the university district magically attracts all those who have succumbed to the magic of this third skin of every writer or giver. Rare Japanese paper, even as beautiful as a painting, original wrapping paper, cardboard boxes so fine that the inside – a gift to be wrapped, for example – has to struggle to keep up. It’s all there. The most remarkable thing, however, are the fine, colorful paper cuts by Julia Riedel, who works in the friendly shop with the old cash register and occasionally shows her delicate art in galleries. Her butterflies, hummingbirds and flowers, hand-cut with tiny scissors, adorn the greeting cards in a very prosaic way – and yet they are a poem. Carta Pura, a haven of deceleration, can also survive outside of the Christmas season because a wholesaler is connected to the shop. here
Carta Pura, Schellingstrasse 71, cartapura.de/papierladen.html, [email protected]
self made
Anna-Maria leiste runs the Glockenbach paper mill with her colleague, the paper artist Raphael Grotthuss.
(Photo: Stef Zins)
As a student, she once had a dream of herself in a paper workshop with students around her, says Anna-Maria leiste. With her colleague, the paper artist Raphael Grotthuss, she experimented in the paper workshop of the Academy of Fine Arts. He was studying sculpture, she was in jewelry class. “We wanted to replicate the academy’s paper workshop on a small scale,” says illegible. Now it’s there: The “Dutchman” crushes fiber material and water to a pulp. The pulp, the “pulp”, is either poured into a sieve or scooped out with a frame and dries after being rolled out into finished paper. What this looks like depends on the fiber used. Abaco, for example, becomes particularly thin, tear-resistant paper, while cotton becomes velvety-soft paper that is easy to emboss. If you come as a paper newbie, you can experiment freely after a short introduction in the “Blank Slate” course. The “Large Cinema” course revolves around giant paper formats, which are particularly exciting for subsequent art projects. For both courses, participants can bring the fiber material themselves: waste paper, but also old diaries, favorite jeans that have become too tight or letters from special people are possibilities: For paper with memory value that you cannot buy like this. mvz
Paper mill Glockenbach, Auenstrasse 28, [email protected], papierwerk-glockenbach.de
deep embossing
In the print studio, sharp etching needles and acid baths are used.
(Photo: Miriam Salamander/Printmaking Studio)
The “Printmaking Studio” is only a few minutes away from the paper mill. Sharp etching needles and acid baths are used here – it sounds dangerous, but under the guidance of the director and artist Miriam Salamander, nothing can happen. While studying art, Salamander specialized in historical printing techniques. Her courses teach the technique of “gravure printing”: Unlike letterpress processes, where what is to be printed remains on the printing plate, what is to be printed on the paper is scratched into the plate. The processes are then divided again: In Salamander’s studio you can learn the drypoint and etching processes. A rotogravure press transforms the incisions in the plates into prints on damp laid paper that, unlike charcoal or chalk sketches, have finely defined lines. Anyone looking for inspiration can be inspired by Salamander’s work in the studio, for example by impressions of the city and countryside from her place of study, Brighton. mvz
Printmaking studio, Westermühlstraße 26, [email protected], druckgrafisches-atelier.de
human animals
Alexandra Lukaschewitz dedicated her character Albert to those monkeys who, with great suffering, were shot into space during earlier US space experiments.
(Photo: Alexandra Lukaschewitz)
When asked about her inspiration, Alexandra Lukaschewitz talks about lowbrow art. In the second half of the 20th century, works that were influenced by pop culture and fantastic realism were created on the US West Coast under the keyword Lowbrow. It’s true that the characters, with their big eyes and often reminiscent of comic book aesthetics, often have a sad expression, says Lukaschwitz. Animal suffering is a topic that has occupied her throughout her life. This is how her space animals came into being: Lukaschewitz dedicated her character Albert to those monkeys who, with great suffering, were shot into space during earlier US space experiments. Lukaschwitz’s first step is always a wire frame, which she then forms with newspaper. Then the fur of the animals is made from hand-cut pieces of paper. The precisely crafted paper creatures reveal the inspiration: the attention to detail of a fantastically realistic work and the desire for perfection of pop culture. In Lukaschewitz’ studio in Neuhausen you can view her work by appointment. mvz
Alexandra Lukaschewitz, Blutenburgstrasse 51, lukaschewitz.de